| Literature DB >> 27198699 |
Niels Allert1, Sabrina M Gippert2, Bastian E A Sajonz3,4, Christoph Nelles5, Bettina Bewernick2, Thomas E Schlaepfer2, Volker A Coenen3,4.
Abstract
We report on a Parkinson patient with motor fluctuations and dyskinesias in whom deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) not only improved motor symptoms but also pre-existing arachnophobia. Arachnophobia had been unchanged by the course of Parkinson's disease but rapidly improved with STN-DBS. Both, motor effects and the improvement of arachnophobia were stable during 2 years follow-up. To our knowledge this is the first report on STN stimulation effects on a specific phobia.Entities:
Keywords: Arachnophobia; Deep brain stimulation; Medial forebrain bundle; Parkinson; Specific phobia; Subthalamic nucleus
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27198699 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-016-1546-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neural Transm (Vienna) ISSN: 0300-9564 Impact factor: 3.575